ArtBabble: Giovanni Bellini

Susannah Rutherglen: "Bellini to Veronese: Ornamental Paintings of the Venetian Renaissance"

The Frick Collection — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:03:44 +0000

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June 29 2011
Painters of the Venetian Renaissance are best known for their monumental altarpieces, narrative and mythological canvases, and intimate works for private devotion. Many of the same masters engaged in the ornamental arts as well, painting panels for integration into beds, chests, musical instruments, and doors. Susannah Rutherglen describes this less familiar genre, traces the fortunes of surviving artifacts, and discusses their themes, styles, and relevance to the history of Italian Renaissance art.

Charlotte Hale: "Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert: New Discoveries"

The Frick Collection — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:23:34 +0000

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The Frick Collection

June 8, 2011
In the spring of 2010 Bellini’s St. Francis in the Desert underwent an unprecedented technical study at The Metropolitan Museum of Art that incorporated infrared reflectography, X-radiography, surface examination, and paint analysis. The results, which are presented in this lecture by Charlotte Hale, expand our understanding of the evolution and history of this spectacular, enigmatic painting. This lecture was made possible by the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.

Keith Christiansen: "Finding Our Way into Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert"

The Frick Collection — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:04:50 +0000

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The Frick Collection

May 25, 2011
In Bellini’s great masterpiece, the traditional relationship of figure to setting has been reversed, thus engaging us in a way that transforms our experience of the picture and our understanding of the artist’s creative genius. Keith Christiansen will discuss the impetus behind this transformation and its implications for interpreting the picture’s much-discussed subject. This lecture was made possible by the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.